But the highlight of the fund-raiser before 7,000 was a recreation of the start of Game Seven of the 1970 championship game — when an injured Reed hobbled from the Garden locker room to lead New York to its first NBA crown.

Still walking with a limp from those basketball injuries, Reed took a pass from Bradley to make a layup.

Watching the ex-Knicks in their home warm-up jackets brought the crowd to its feet just as it did nearly 30 years ago.

In an unprecedented turnout by athletes for a political campaign, Bradley brought to the Garden two dozen of the NBA’s all-time greats, including some of his fiercest opponents.

“To this day I carry his handprint on my backside,” said Boston Celtics great John Havlicek.